Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| once a year / I / go / to the dentist / usually |
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| go on holiday / My parents / almost never |
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| late / John / is / often |
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| help you / will / rarely / if you need it / Tom |
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| can / find / your car keys / You / never |
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| some petrol / need / I travel a lot. I / every other day. |
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| feel tired? / Do / you / often |
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| hardly ever / I / oranges / eat |
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| often / Mike / pizza / eats / for dinner |
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| I / to the hairdresser's / go / usually / once a month |
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| always / Can / in green? / I / dress |
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| usually / They / some help with the homework / need |
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| have / We / every other day / soup |
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| asking me questions / is / always / She |
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| in blue / very often / dresses / She |
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| know / I / never / what to say |
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| saw / it / I / five times |
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| ? / go / every day / to the gym / Do / you |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| she / twice / Yesterday, / phoned / me |
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| Something is the matter with me. I / very tired / usually / in the mornings. / am |
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| often / you / go / to the disco? / do / How |
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| always / at 8 a.m. / get up / I |
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| shopping / have to go / I / day in, day out |
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| breaks down / My car / several times a year |
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| at home? / you / have lunch / Do / usually |
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| win / Does / always / ? / Kevin |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| to help me / very often / My parents / come |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| listens / rarely / when you talk to her / She |
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| They / never / listen / can |
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| go / I / to the gym / three times a week |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
